Hello merry fellows! I've completed the first of three acts of my Krusie fanfic, I´ve poured a lot of heart on it. I want to write three acts.

The Story takes place after the end of Deltarune chapter 4, after the end of the prophecy,

Keep in mind that spoilers ahead!

Expect a slow burn romance, references, a coming of age story, teenage angst, slice of life, and lots, lots of Krusie.

Lurking, between the chapters, Susie will realize that Kris hides a great and painful secret.

Here I’ll post the prologue, i would post the first chapter, but, for some reason, the post doesn't allow me to do it. The rest the story you can find it in the link, where there are four more chapters and the climax of the first act. 

Since the last time I posted my fanfic, there are two new chapters, adding 10k words to the story, the double of my first post. 

The chapters in order are.

**Prologue. An adventure after the end.**

**Chapter 1. The main cast.**

**Chapter 2. Creative differences.**

**Chapter 3. Sprint at the end of the line. (NEW)**

**Chapter 4. Backlash and riposte. (NEW)**

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# Summary:

At the end of deltarune and its prophecy, facing the ultimate sacrifice, Kris manages to save the world in exchange for their own life. After trying infinite possibilities, victory is at hand. While their friends fight against such a terrible ending, their soul gives them a final reward :An adventure after the end.

This story will be about the last school days of Kris, Susie and Noelle, and how they take on the main roles in their school's final play before graduating. In these last weeks, both Kris and Susie must confront their unspoken feelings, and the ever approaching goodbye, as Kris will soon leave Hometown to attend university.

As the story unfolds, Susie discovers that Kris keeps a dark secret that hurts them deeply. Along side the last weeks of their schooldays, their entangled feelings for each other and the lurking shadow of that painfull mistery, both of them face an adventure after the end.

Expect a slow burn romance, and lots of Krusie, told from Susie's point of view.

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**An adventure after the end \[Prologue\]**

 Everything ended just a few steps from the end of the world.

She did it, somehow, they did it.

With Noelle and Berdly they triumphed in that last feat, they diverted the titans just enough for let her imbue all her willpower in a last effort.

Susie´s steps echoed across the crystal floor of that last adventure. The axe still hummed in her hands after that last Rude Buster, strong enough to shatter the darkness. Her mission had been simple, open a breach, create a small window that would allow Kris and Ralsei to enter and seal the heart of the void, a place overflowing with shadows deeper than darkness itself.

An immense burst of light expanded through all that starless sky, the roar of a terrible fate dying by the deeds of the Lightners, the blackness fled from the world, as if struck down by the union of all their wills, their efforts, their determination.

Victory filled her heart, hope, the certainty that everything had been worth it. The world would not end, the blood flowing from her wounds no longer mattered, the fear of losing her dear friends vanished. It had been nothing more than imaginary anguish, because it was possible, it was possible to end it all with everyone still standing, everyone would return home, they could continue, together- I told you wouldn´t have to worry, Ralsei! -Tears welled up in her eyes. It was the first time Susie cried from happiness and relief.

And then when her heart couldn´t contain her joy..., a cry filled with immense grief echoed through that final moment of peace.

It was Ralsei´s voice.

She ran, fear hammering in her chest. The premonition of a great tragedy pierced her so deeply, that she felt the ground under her feet shatter.

She reached their side with the axe in her hands, ready for one final trial.

Ralsei was on his knees, holding a fallen figure. He was crying, sobbing, clinging to something with such despair, as if something precious was broken forever.

Susie saw the blood soaking in the prince's clothes, she dropped the axe, it´s metal clanged against the floor.

\- Kris?... Kris, get up... -Her steps were slow and heavy, drenched in her friend's spilled life.

\- I can’t heal him, Susie! -Ralsei looked at her, heavy tears falling from his face- Kris did it. I... I was the one that failed! Kris is not healing…  I can’t close the wound!...

Susie witnessed the scene like a prisoner in a nightmare.

Kris was still breathing. There was nothing left but a gaping hole where the heart should have been.

Kris's gaze was lost somewhere in the sky, that sea of blackness slowly filling with stars, like a bright future they would never get to live together. And then... Kris eyes found her carrying the honest relief of seeing her again- We did it, we finally did it... -Kris smiled, Ralsei sobbed harder while he embraced tightly his arms around the fallen. Kris saw something in Susie’s eyes that led them to comfort her- ...You look like shit, Susie...

Her hands glowed green. She kneeled, wrapping her palms between Kris's fingers, her voice trembling- Come on... Come on Kris, i've seen you worse, this is nothing -Her healing light circled the wound, but it had no effect, she felt the tears fall from her eyes. A horrible feeling gripped her; there was no way around this moment. She grits her teeth. Her lips trembled, the rage surged through her, she looked ahead searching for revenge, for an enemy, for someone to blame- Who did this?! WHERE IS IT?!

\- It was no one, Susie -A smile spread across in Kris´s face, a tired and warm smile- The void heart fought against my Soul , it managed to close it. It was enough.

It was like a gunshot through the rage protecting her, revealing an ravaging sadness beneath. The words abandoned her lips.

Ralsei sobbed- It should have been me, us... never any of you... never any of you, never...

Using the last drops of his strength, Kris said- I'm glad we reached the end, all of you... you. -They looked at Susie- My only regret is that we won´t be able to continue our adventures...

Then, a light, a presence descended from the heavens, red and bleeding like a wounded bird on the brink of death. An inhuman voice alien to all living beings, emanated from its nonexistent lips, from an absent throat it said- **You completed the objective. You broke the prophecy. Your mission is over.**

Sussie let go of Kris´s hand and grabbed her axe- Who the hell are you?!

Ralsei hugged his friend, an almost childish hope shining in his eyes- It´s the angel Susie! The angel of the prophecy! it came to save us!

That presence remained silent.

\- No -Kris clarified- It´s my **Soul.**

Confusion spread across the faces of their two companions. Susie asked- Your soul?... Then, then come back! Fix this!

Kris shook their head, even if their friends couldn´t see it.

\- **You were already saved. The cage completed it's mission, surpassed our expectations. It broke the prophecy, and the only sacrifice was my bearer. All to protect countless lives**\- Its voice was impersonal, cold.

Susie cried out of rage, out of anger, out of helplessness. She shouted- I don’t care about your shit-ass prophecy! Don’t let Kris die!

\- Susie... -Kris´s hand gripped the edge of her jacket with dying strength- I tried so many times... so many times, this is the best possible ending. I promise. All the others were... unbearable to me. Someone else always died, Ralsei, Noelle. You...

\- Shut up! -She cried in response- This is not the end. I won't let it be the end!

\- **Out of infinity, you found the best possible ending.**

Sussie answered, shielding herself from that horrendous nightmare- No! If this is the ending, then we´ll go past it! Even if I have to climb over your shattered pieces!

Kris coughed. Blood spilled from their lips. Susie looked at them, rage and pain tearing her apart. Her hands glowed with magic, her axe sparkled, ready for a last vengeful blow. But... the look in her friend's eyes, the calmness, the peace disarmed her. With a lonely sob she collapsed to her knees beside them, she took Kris's hand, the tears robbed her voice. She wanted to say something, but she knew if she spoke even one word, the wailing would consume her.

\- **Go past it?** \-It asked, as if computing the idea- **Maybe it´s possible. You deserve it, a continuation, where none of this happened, where everything is left behind** \-The light began to fracture, it flared violently consumed by an infinite effort. It was disintegrating into embers- **I will give up my existence to grant you a chance, a continuation. A reward for accomplishing the impossible.**

The light became blinding, like the sun being born before their eyes. Without thinking, Susie turned and shielded her two friends with her body. Berdly´s and Noelle´s footsteps finally reached them. Susie shouted to warn them, but it was too late.

The last thing Susie remembers before the light consumes her are the final words of her friend.

\- Thank you, **Soul** \-A single tear of gratitude, blinding like sunlight fell from Kris´s face- I forgive you.

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The vague memories of a complicated and distressing dream kept circling in her head the moment she opened her eyes. Susie let out an enormous yawn as she tried to wake up, showing all her fangs. She had slept on top of the sheets, her face stuck to the pillow, a small stain of drool left behind as evidence in the fabric- What a shitty dream...  
She put her hand on her chest. It was still there, like a half closed wound, a deep ache, a confusion she didn´t know how to explain. It felt like she had forgotten something very, very important, but...

The alarm clock rang. A half broken little dinosaur growled and spat light by its mouth, like a flamethrower.

The sound filled her shaded room. That day she was alone in the apartment, her brother would arrive from his night shift at ten in the morning, she´d be in school by then.

A faint uneasiness circled in her head, a feeling of vertigo she tried with all her strength to ignore. If only she could punch it with her fist, it´d be so much easier, but... She couldn´t strike her own heart just to make it listen to reason. Well, she could, but that would probably kill her, she was about 90% sure.

\- The last month before graduation...

Just a few classes left. She was seventeen now, those happy, joyful and simple with Kris, with Ralsei, with Noelle and Berdly... they´d soon be over, like a beautiful dream that you know you'll wake up from.

\- And everything will end, won't it?... -She commented, with a pang of sadness- Well. I´ve had a great run, three years in a row was already too much to ask. Someday it had to end... Better to enjoy it, until the end.

Susie yawned, stepped out of bed, and stretched her body. If the rumors were true, today they´d be assigning roles for the school play. It was tradition in the final months of every year; the older students would take the main roles in the performance. A farewell to all their friends and family, a last battle. One last adventure before the end.

\-If I’m lucky, maybe I could be a tree and throw some apples at Kris... Or be some kind of bandit and punch Berdly.

She tried to get her hopes up. Nonetheless, a strange melancholy spun in her mind.

\-One last adventure... -She looked through the run-down apartment window, far beyond the homeless, the dilapidated buildings and the misery. The sunrise peeked in the distance. The landscape filled her with a soft hope. The sun caressed her face, the wind moved her hair.

 Those last years had been good years for Susie, the best, far better that she ever felt she deserved. And she would make her greatest effort to make sure they ended well.

Even if that happiness would end forever, she would have a good ending, the best ending possible.

An adventure after the end. Krusie fanfic, act 1 of 3 completed, 5 chapters, 20k words long.